Shower and dressing room units



May 5 1925.

1,536,546 c. WILSON SHOWER AND DRESSING ROOM UNITS Filed Deb. 19, 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 IN VEN TOR.

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C. L. WILSON SHOWER AND DRESSING ROOM unms Filed Dec. 19. 1924 2 She ets-Sheet 2 INVENTQR. Char/25L. i l csorz,

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Patented May 5, 1925.

, UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES L. WILSON, on LOS ANGELES, oamronnxn. assienon To CHARLES Lewis v conieona'rron or CALIFORNIA.

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i Application filed Deceinber and State of California have invented oer ta'in new and useful Improvements in Shower and Dressing Room Units, 0.1: which the following is a specification.

This invention is a shower room construction affording privacy while. dressing and undressing, passing to and from the showers,and using said showers; and isqparticu' larly adapted for use by gymnasium classes of females. i

More particularly it is the object of the invention to i provide individual dressing rooms conveniently accessible to individual shower rooms, by positioning saidi shower rooms and dressing rooms at oppositesides of a central corridor, and to provide for readily converting said central corridor intt a series of private, transverse passageways between opposite shower and dressing rooms, so that said assageways may be utilized as apart of the dressing space and also atford means whereby the members of a class may privately enter and leave their individual shower rooms.

It is a. still further object of the invention to close the shower rooms after the nienr bers ot a class have entered the same, and at the same time to reconvert the corridor into an open passageway extending the length of theseries of rooms, to insure all of the members of the class leaving their dressing lOOll'lS and entering the showers, and also showers. j p

It is a still further object of the invention to operate thecorridor converting means andthe closure means forthe shower rooms from a central control, and to also regulate the flow from the showers and the tempera .ture of the water from a central control, so

i that classes having a large membership may be efliciently handled and their movement expedited and maintained upon a predetermined schedule.

It is a still further object of the invention to provide for looking the shower rooms against unauthorized use, while permitting an authorized person s'uchas a janitor, to open and close the respective shower rooms independently of the central control, for

rovide .rivac 1 while under the P 19, 1924. Serial No. 757,054.

the purpose of entering said rooms when clean ng the same. a

Further objects oiwthe invention willxbe.

readily understood from the following .de- SCllptlOD of the accoin paying drawings, in whlchz i struction, partly in horizontal section.

Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1. i Figs. 3 and 4 are detail vertical sections on the lines 3 3 and an of Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is a detail transverse section on the line 55 of Fig. 3.

, i 3 Fig. 1 is a plan viewof the improved con- The improved construction may include any number of units and may be arranged with one or. more seriesof said units, the

ing two series of units arranged back to back; and the drawings of said construction being broken. away in Fig. 1 to indicate any desired length of said series, in orderthat any number of units maybe provided in a series.

form of i the invention illustrated compris The structure is built into a large room having floor 1, end wall2, and side walls 3, and includes a central partition 4 extending lengthwise of the room to wall 2, and pref erably terminating short of the ceilingro't the room. This partition forms the hack for the two series oi units extending lengthwise oi the room at the respective sides thereof.

A transverse partition 5 extends across the.

end of partition t which remote from end wall 2, and projects beyond opposite faces:

thereot to the desired depth for individual shower rooms, the top or partition 5; prei? erably terminating at the top of partition 4L and having a frame 6 connecting said parts to the end wall 2. Partitions 7 preferably terminating short of the top of said-frame are lnountedtherein, and project from partition 4-. in spaced relation longitudinally thereof so as to form a series of shower rooms A; along each side of the central partition. p 1.

Partitions 8 connected by a frame 9 and preferably the height of partition. 4, project from sidewalls 3 in transverse alinement with partitions 5 and 7, so as to form aseries of private dressing rooms B along the length ofthe room, said dressing rooms and the shower rooms thereby opening opposite one another onto central corridors 10 which extend the length of the series of rooms.

Doors 11, preferably the height of partitions 7, are hinged to frame 6 so as to close the shower rooms to the central corridors, and the doors for each series of rooms are hinged to swing in the same direction and away from end wall 2.

The corridors 10 are of such width that when doors 11 are swung open and crosswise of the corridors, the swinging edges of the doors will abut against partitions 8, thereby dividing the central corridorsinto a series of private transverse passageways between opposite shower and dressing rooms.

The shower rooms A are provided with usual shower heads 13, connected to a common supply pipe 14 in partition 4, and the floors of the shower rooms are preferably sunk below the level of corridors 10 as shown at 15, to insure proper drainage.

' A central control for the showers is positioned exteriorly of the shower rooms, and may be mounted on the outside of partition 5 for convenient access to the attendant in charge of the class using the showers. The central control is shown as a usual mixing valve 16 connected to pipe 1 1- and to hot and cold water pipes 1'7, and may include a usual thermostatic control (not shown).

The dressing rooms B are preferably provided with raised floors 18 so that they will remain 'dry, said floors terminating short of the rear of said dressing rooms and the walls 3. The floor 1 of the room in which the shower units are built, is spaced from side walls 3 in rear of flooring 18 as shown at 19, so as to form an air space at the rear of the dressing rooms which communicates through openings 19 with the air space in hollow walls 20 of the portion of the building below floor 1.

Partitions 21 extend across the rear of the dressing rooms at the front of said air space, and the tops of the dressing rooms are preferably closed between said partitions and the walls 3 as shown at 22. Benches 23 the Width of the dressing rooms, project forwardly from partitions 21 at a suitable height, and the portions of said partitions above said benches form frames for the open fronts of a series of compartments C in the air space in rear of said partitions.

The compartments C are .iperimposed and preferably arranged in a plurality of vertical series in each dressing room, and are formed by partitions 2 1 extending from the frame formed by partitions 21 to the side walls 3. The fronts of the compartments are closed by suitable doors 25, and said doors and the partitions 2 f have openings therethrough, preferably by forming the same of mesh material, so that air may freely circulate through hollow walls 20, openings 19, and the respective compartments 0 into the dressing rooms.

The doors 11 for each series of shower rooms, are dependently swung to either of their operative positions closing the shower rooms or dividing the central corridors 10, the operating mechanism having a central control preferably positioned adjacent the water control 16, so that a single attendant may operate the entire structure.

As an instance of this ar nngeinent a slide rod 27 extends the length of each series of shower rooms, and is preferably mounted in guides 28 projecting upwardly from'partitions 7 to a height providing sufficient head room for the users of the showers. Links 29 are pivoted to this slide rod and to the respective doors 11 in spaced relation from the hinged edges of the latter, so that shifting of said rod in opposite directions will swing the doors to their respective operative positions.

The control mechanism for shifting each rod 27 is illustrated as comprising a vertical shaft 30 journaled in bearings 31 on the outside of partition 5, said shaft having a crank arm 82 connected by a link 33 to the rod 27, so that turning of the shaft will shift the slide rod in opposite directions. The end of the slide rod and the link 33 which is pivoted at its respective ends to said rod and to the crank arm, may be guided in their movement through a suitable opening 34 in partition 5.

An arm projecting from shaft 30, is provided with a handle 36 for turning the shaft, and a stationary plate 37 below arm 35 is provided with locking recesses 38 adapted to be engaged by a bolt 39 on arm 35, for locking the shaft when doors 11 are in either of their operative posi ions. The bolt 39 is projected or retracted for engagement or disengagement with recesses 35:4, by a suitable key controlled lock mechanism 40 mounted in the end of arm In order to pivotally connect the doors 11 to the links 29, the upper hinges for the doors have their straps 41 which are fixed to the faces of said doors, laterally extended and terminating in vertical pins 42 projecting above the doors in laterally spaced re lation from their hinged edges, and the links 29 are pivoted on said pins so that the strain incident to swinging of the doors is placed directly upon the hinge mountings.

The opposite ends of links 29 which are pivoted to rods 27, are arranged for adjustment of said links to insure equal swinging of all of the doors. For this purpose arouate slots 43 are preferably provided at the rear ends of the links, and pins 44 pivotally mounted in rods 27, are fixed in adjusted position along said slots, by nuts 45.

The pivotal connections between links 29 sit-ion by locking the shafts 30, but said pivotal connections between links 29 and pins 42 are adapted for individualreloase, so that any shower room may be entered by a janitor or the like, without opening the doors of all of the shower rooms through operation of the central control.

For this purpose, the outer ends ot' linlrs 29 may be separable hollow strnctures e6 adapted to telescope in the main portions of said links, with pins 42 journaled in the undersides o f said separable end pieces. The end piecesafi are normally held against sliding disengagement trointhe main portions of the links, by springs 47 fixed in the latter and having openings in their ends adapted to be received overpins 4.2 in the hollow end pieces 46. 1

A usual key controlled lock barrel 427 is mounted in the end of hollow member as, so that when the proper key D is inserted there in and turned, it will engage the end of,

spring 47 and lift the/same from pin 4-2, so that end piece 46 maybe withdrawn from themain portion ofthe link 29, and thus permit swinging of the door 11 to which itis pivoted, independently of the central. control for the doors of the series. I

In operation the parts being in the position shown at the upper portion of 1,

the members of a class enter the respective dressing rooms B through the open central corridors 10, and doors ll'are then swung across the corridors as shown at the lower portionof Flg. 1.

y is thus provided with a private dressing room andshower room, and communicating corridor space, which latter may be used for dressing purposes in orderthat the dressing rooms B may be relatively small.

Gymnasium clothes and the like are do posited in compartments C to which the in dividual members of a class are assigned and provided with keys for the doors 25, so

that the circulation of air through, said compartmentsm-ay dry said clothes. The members of the class then enter the shower rooms, the necessity for any clothing being eliminated by the provision of private rooms, and doors 11 are then swung soas to close the shower rooms and reopen the central corridors 10. y

The showers are regulated by the attendant at the central controls, after which the doors 11 are again swung across corridors 10 so that the dressing rooms may be reentered throughthe private passageways; and when the members of the class are dressed, they stand clear of the doors 11, so that the latter may be again swung to closed class may leave.

Each member of the class I claim:

1. A room having a plurality of longitudinally spaced transverse partitions at opposite sides thereof forming a central corridor extending the length of said room and compartments one beyond another at oppo site sides of said corridor and opening into the latter opposite one another, showers in the respective compartments at one side of said corridor, the compartments at theoppo- I site side of said corridor forming dressing of rooms at each side of said corridoropen ing into, the same opposite one another, doors adapted to close the respective rooms at one side otsaid corridoriand provide a nonobstructed corridor communicating with the respectlve rooms at the opposite side thereof or be swung across said corridor so as to shut oi? the respective portions of the same between opposite rooms of the respective series, and means for dependently swinging said doors. a

3. The combination of a corridor, partitions at the respective sides of said corridor forming a series of shower rooms and a'series of dressing rooms opening into the corridor from the respective sides thereof with the respective shower and dressing rooms opposite one another, hinged doors tor said shower rooms adapted to close the latter to: said corridor and: provide, a nonobstructed corridor communicating with, the respective dressng rooms or be swung across said corri dor for abutment against the partitions tween opposite rooms of the respective series,

operatingmeans for dependently swinging said doors, and means for releasing the respective doors from said operating means for independent swinging thereof.

5. The combination of a corridor, a series of shower rooms at one side of said corridor, a series of dressing rooms at the opposite side of the corridor, said shower and dressing rooms opening into said corridor opposite one another, doors adapted to close the shower rooms to said corridor and provide a nonobstructcd corridor communicating with the respective dressing rooms or be swung across said corridor for shutting off the respective portions thereof between opposite shower and dressing rooms, showers in the respective shower rooms, and means for dependently controlling said showers.

6. A dressing room having an opening through its floor at the rear thereof, vertically spaced horizontal partitions at the rear wall of said dressing room above said opening, said partitions forming superimposed compartments, and having openings therethrough for circulation of air through said floor opening and said compartments, and doors having openings therethrough closing the fronts of the respective compartments to said dressing room.

7. The combination of a corridor, a series of rooms at each side of said corridor opening into the same opposite one another, hinged doors adapted to close the respective rooms at one side of said corridor and provide a nonobstructed corridor communicating with the respective rooms at the opposite side thereof or he swung across said corridor so as to shut off the respective portions thereof between opposite rooms of the respective series, the hinges of said doors having lateral extensions terminating in vertical pins projecting above said doors in spaced relation from their hinged edges, links pivoted 'at one end on said pins, and an operating slide having the opposite ends of said links pivoted thereto so that shifting of said slide will dependently swing said doors.

8. The combination of a corridor, rooms at the respective sides of said corridor opening into the latter opposite one another, and means for closing the rooms at oneside of said corridor and provide a 'nonobstructed corridor communicating with the respective rooms at the opposite side thereof or transversely shutting off the portions of the corridor between the rooms at opposite sides thereof.

9. The combination of a corridor, a series of rooms at each side of said corridor opening into the same opposite one another, doors adapted to close the respective rooms at one side of said corridor and provide a nonobstruc-ted corridor communicating with the respective rooms at the opposite side thereof or be swung across said corridor so as to shut off the respective portions thereof between opposite rooms of the respective series, pins on the respective doors, links having ends slidable longitudinally of said links journaled on said pins, means for releasably locking the respective slidable ends to their links, and means for dependently shifting said links so as to dependently swing said doors.

10. The combination of a corridor, a series of rooms at each side of said corridor opening into said corridor opposite one another, doors adapted to close the respective rooms at one side of the corridor and provide a nonobstructed corridor communicating with the respective rooms at the opposite side thereof or be swung across said corridor so as to shut Off the respective portions thereof between opposite rooms of the respective series, links pivoted atone end to the respective doors, an operating slide having the opposite ends of said links pivoted thereto so that shifting of said slide will dependently swing said doors, and means for adjusting the respective links to cause equal swing of said doors.

11. The combination of a corridor, a series of rooms at each side of said corridor opening into the latter opposite one another, doors adapted to close the respective rooms at one side of said corridor and provide a nonobstructed corridor communicating with the respective rooms at the opposite side thereof or be swung across said corridor so as to shut off the respective ortions thereof between opposite rooms 0' the respective series, an operating slide, links pivoted to the respective doors and said slide so that shifting of the latter will dependently swing said doors, and means for releasably locking said slide when shifted so as to swing said doors to either of their operative positions.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature to this specification.

CHARLES L. WILSON. 

